Johnny Hiland Band

As many people will know this year is the 20th anniversary of the debut album from Nirvana who in case you didnt already know a grunge band that were very popular before Kurt Cobain died. Nevermind brought the band huge successes and I think it shocked them all a lot and none of them really seemed to want it.

Well the band actually formed in 1987 in Aberdeen Washington and was only formed by Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic. Nirvana seemed to always suffer a problem with their drummer and the only one that really stuck around was Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) was around from 1990 until the end.

The very first song under the Nirvana name was of course Love Buzz and the debut album Bleach came a year later in 1989 and was said to be heavily influenced by the melvins. Cobain changed his writing style from the anger of bleach to the commercial success that was Nevermind because he was happier with his life.

Cobain never really wanted any of the fame that he received and he always complained that he had to play for the people that had bullied him at school and that these people were two faced.

Many years have passed since Kurt Cobain's death yet the band still remain as poular as they were back in the early 90's and they have been voted one of the best bands of all time.

If they were around today it is difficult to say if they would be into the newer instruments like electronic drum kits but one thing is for certain the way in which they played their guitars would not have changed and the brilliant music would have carried on.

Try the Gibson 355 for a really good guitar experience and as a final point, Nirvana were behind the whole music genre of grunge so let us not forget it!